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en >> from the city to the counties to your neighborhood, now it's complete coverage, it's wjz. maryland's news station. >>> lighting the night. washington monument illuminated in a decade's old tradition. >> thousands gathered to kick off the holidays tonight. >> you better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout. >>> here's what people are talking about tonight. >> fire works, laser light, music, and food. wjz is live and we have all the holiday cheer. >> reporter: that's right. the monument lighting is one of baltimore's premier community events. this year's ceremony did not disappoint. >> three, two, one! [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: the mayor joins her fellow baltimoreians to ring in the 2012 holiday season. the 21st annual lighting of the washington monument is a time- honored city tradition featuring a fire works and laser light show. >> have you ever been that close to fire works? >> no. >> was that cool or scary? >> cool and scary at the same time. >> reporter: some 5000 people turned out for the big event. it included darius web. >> we saw the tree
en >> from the city to the counties to your neighborhood, now it's complete coverage, it's wjz. maryland's news station. >>> lighting the night. washington monument illuminated in a decade's old tradition. >> thousands gathered to kick off the holidays tonight. >> you better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout. >>> here's what people are talking about tonight. >> fire works, laser light, music, and food. wjz is live and we have all the...
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in the city. if you want to buy a house in the country would to a half acres, i have got one for you. it is is the morning as we all evolves, and as my husband and i get closer to 80, both of us have retired two times already. we're now getting ready for a third got around to remember, you could do as many as you like, too, because you're the only one that can say i am tired of doing that and i do not want to do it anymore. that is right. we have some people with real knowledge and not chitchat to come up and tell us how we can age at the same time that we are gaining insight, knowledge, and exposure to a vast universe of information and opportunity. so we are going to start with derek lamb, an aging service program specialist for the newly reorganized administration for community living here in region 9, the department of health and human services. he has over 23 years of experience in the field of aging and long-term support services. he served as the aging service program specialist since -- 19
in the city. if you want to buy a house in the country would to a half acres, i have got one for you. it is is the morning as we all evolves, and as my husband and i get closer to 80, both of us have retired two times already. we're now getting ready for a third got around to remember, you could do as many as you like, too, because you're the only one that can say i am tired of doing that and i do not want to do it anymore. that is right. we have some people with real knowledge and not chitchat...
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only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it finds one, you get refunded the difference. just use your citi card and register your purchase online. have a super sparkly day! ok. [ male announcer ] now all you need is a magic carriage. citi price rewind. start saving at citi.com/pricerewind. >>> washington has gone silent over the fiscal cliff. most of our lawmakers have headed home. the left and the right aren't speaking to each other. of course, even though they're not talking to each other, that doesn't mean they're not talking about each other. here's what harry reid had to say about republicans today. >> it's not one of my favorite teams but it's really, really fun to watch and that's the new york jets. coach ryan. he's got a problem. he has three quarterbacks. sanchez, he's got tim tebow. he's a guy named mcelroy. he can't decide who their quarterback is going to be. that's the same problem of the republicans. >> wow. if you don't live in new york or follow football, the new york jets are a nfl team that is curren
only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it finds one, you get refunded the difference. just use your citi card and register your purchase online. have a super sparkly day! ok. [ male announcer ] now all you need is a magic carriage. citi price rewind. start saving at citi.com/pricerewind. >>> washington has gone silent over the fiscal cliff. most of our lawmakers have headed home. the left and the right aren't speaking to each other. of course, even...
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i think it's the best location in the city called cabela's. and to me that store is like a disneyland for grown-ups. >> i totally agree with you. unfortunately, they've had a spate of warm weather weather. it's a cold weather stock. as they told you in the conference call. but i do think cabela's is terrific. it may not explode yet but i think cabela is very good. and i totally agree with you. there's not much as fun as going to a cabela's. now we're going to go to mark in pennsylvania. mark! >> caller: hey, cramer. second-time caller, mark from wayne. >> oh, wayne. love it. what's up? >> caller: how about that -- >> i think that that has now surprised analee. remember with the fiscal cliff it is going to be difficult to figure out what these stocks are going to do from here. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the lightning round. >> caller: the lr . >> announcer: the "lightning round" is sponsored by ameritrade. ♪ tweedly tweedly dee ♪ >> cisco, broadcom, and santand santander. >> i wanted to leave "squawk on the street"
i think it's the best location in the city called cabela's. and to me that store is like a disneyland for grown-ups. >> i totally agree with you. unfortunately, they've had a spate of warm weather weather. it's a cold weather stock. as they told you in the conference call. but i do think cabela's is terrific. it may not explode yet but i think cabela is very good. and i totally agree with you. there's not much as fun as going to a cabela's. now we're going to go to mark in pennsylvania....
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in the city of detroit we've got to deal with foreclosure with the fallout of the foreclosure crisis up a one hundred thousand foreclosures in the city of detroit alone one hundred thousand times for four hundred thousand people forced evictions outside of detroit four hundred thousand plus seven hundred thousand is you know one million a one point one million population numbers so we must deal with the fallout of the foreclosure crisis to trade policy center manufacturing from michigan to mexico and so we've got to put detroit is back to. been building cars for years and now that the economy has shifted we need retraining and then we need to connect citizens who are trying to the jobs that are available we must stabilize the school system the charter school movement siphoning off children from the public school system and buildings are rotting and children are being failed in the process we must stop the hemorrhaging out of the school system so many things that could happen in the city what's right to bring your describing is basically a reversal of thirty two years of reaganomics i
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after the break cities like detroit michigan bore the brunt of the republican prasher of the nation's financial industry five years later is no way past time for the federal government to step up and help cities like detroit get back on their feet. here as mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that we americans call a donor. i'm sorry i'm just a guy here's an awful lot of money for you sir are you know what that is my other terror cells right now want to give us a defeat terrorism the only poll the christian. can you believe it's. going to put you to distract us from what you and i should care about because there are profit driven industry that's sensationalistic garbage because that breaking news i'm having martin and we're going to break that. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so silly you think you understand it. and then you. see some other part of it and realized everything. welcome to the big picture. in screwed news the city of detroit is asking president obama for some help this week detroit city councilwoman joanne watson called for a financial
after the break cities like detroit michigan bore the brunt of the republican prasher of the nation's financial industry five years later is no way past time for the federal government to step up and help cities like detroit get back on their feet. here as mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that we americans call a donor. i'm sorry i'm just a guy here's an awful lot of money for you sir are you know what that is my other terror cells right now want to give us a defeat...
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they are talking about the kansas city tragedy. >> women are victims of violence all the time. >> should have guns. >> or make better decisions. >> or learn to protect themselves. guns are the opportunity to equal the score against somebody more powerful than you are. >> >> stephanie: she should have made a better decision than to get her face in the way of the gunshot. >> uh-huh. >> stephanie: all right. i always love it when they -- [ applause ] >> stephanie: get women to fight the war against women. that's good. >> carry more guns! that would be great! what? what is the problem! >> stephanie: kids go to meeting is how we run our business here at the "stephanie miller show." i love it. half of the time people go do you just talk about this on the radio? and i'm like no, i use it all the time. i love it. go to meeting with hd faces is nothing short of incredible. video, audio quality, there is no other service to me than go to meeting with hd faces. meet face-to-face with colleagues online no matter where they are. the highest quality hd videoconferencing. you can do whatever you need t
they are talking about the kansas city tragedy. >> women are victims of violence all the time. >> should have guns. >> or make better decisions. >> or learn to protect themselves. guns are the opportunity to equal the score against somebody more powerful than you are. >> >> stephanie: she should have made a better decision than to get her face in the way of the gunshot. >> uh-huh. >> stephanie: all right. i always love it when they -- [ applause ]...
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if you're tournist the great city and on the subway. steer clear of muderers, don't make eye contact. if you're a girl, wear a baseball cap and look tough. crime fighting is not your vocation, so crime should be mayor bloomberg's primary concern. not what we put in our mouths. we could take care of the ho-hos, you can take care of the hobo s. if you presented they were giant walking cigarettes you might get them off the street. >> eric: got it all in there. little of everything. >> dana: only forgot to mention one person. >> greg: what, jasper? >> dana: a person. >> greg: do you he is a person. you're taking me offcourse. photographer is under heat. why did he take a picture of the guy dying? this is the photographer on the today show defending himself. >> i saw the light in the distance of the approaching train. the only thing i could think of at that time was to alert the driver with my camera flash. if this happened again, same circumstances, with a camera or not and running toward it no, way i could have rescued him. what really sur
if you're tournist the great city and on the subway. steer clear of muderers, don't make eye contact. if you're a girl, wear a baseball cap and look tough. crime fighting is not your vocation, so crime should be mayor bloomberg's primary concern. not what we put in our mouths. we could take care of the ho-hos, you can take care of the hobo s. if you presented they were giant walking cigarettes you might get them off the street. >> eric: got it all in there. little of everything. >>...
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tore through the nation's largest city. the storm killed three people and forced hundreds from their homes. it's the deadliest tornado to hit there in more than 60 years. >>> we're getting a better idea this morning of how costly the damage from hurricane sandy is for the east coast. new jersey governor chris christie says superstorm sandy caused $37 billion in damages to his state. christie was in washington, making stops at the white house and capitol hill, asking lawmakers for an additional $83 billion in his state as well as new york and connecticut. today we'll learn the fate of a tour bus driver for a crash that killed 15 passengers. the jury will announce a verdict for williams today, who's accused of running a bus off the road and striking a pole in new york city in 2011. he's pled not guilty to manslaughter, claiming a tractor-trailer cut him off. prosecutors say he was tired and may have fallen asleep. if convicted, he faces 15 years in jail. >>> the parade float driver involved in the train accident that killed f
tore through the nation's largest city. the storm killed three people and forced hundreds from their homes. it's the deadliest tornado to hit there in more than 60 years. >>> we're getting a better idea this morning of how costly the damage from hurricane sandy is for the east coast. new jersey governor chris christie says superstorm sandy caused $37 billion in damages to his state. christie was in washington, making stops at the white house and capitol hill, asking lawmakers for an...
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we could even see some mid- range 50s closer to the city center by that 4:00 hour. in all it does look like the moisture is going to be here for the short term. we are not going to see much of a change in our forecast pattern till after we get through the overnight hour into the saturday forecast. so doppler radar, spotty showers around already south of 495 for us. but overall the pattern for the next 24 hours is going to keep the moisture around for the short term and clear us out overnight tonight on the three- hour radar loop. let's get to our forecast. i can show you how things will be looking. right now we do have mainly cloudy skies. feeling like 36 degrees because of the winds out of the south. but the futurecast will bring the moisture into the afternoon. it looks like when we get into the overnight tonight, say after 6:00 and in toward the midnight hour, nothing but cloud cover. so the rain is going to taper off. then by tomorrow we're going to see some breaks in the cloud cover calling for a partly sunny forecast for your saturday. as the wind shifts, we w
we could even see some mid- range 50s closer to the city center by that 4:00 hour. in all it does look like the moisture is going to be here for the short term. we are not going to see much of a change in our forecast pattern till after we get through the overnight hour into the saturday forecast. so doppler radar, spotty showers around already south of 495 for us. but overall the pattern for the next 24 hours is going to keep the moisture around for the short term and clear us out overnight...
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there is new video from tokyo although the city is 267 southwest from the epicenter. you can see high-rise buildings swaying there. the quake rattled many nerves of course. one quake reported a three foot high tsunami but no large waves. the tsunami warning has been lifted. rail service was temporarily stopped for safety checks. >>> time now 6:02. a lot of questions right now after a man fell 30 feet during last nights raiders game. ktvu christien kafton is live outside the coliseum. what are police saying? >> reporter: there are a lot of discrepancies in this story. take a look here we're now at the raider store just across from the coliseum. a lot of questions about this fan who survived. either jumping or accidentally falling from the third deck to the lower concourse below. estimated 30-50 feet. that fan fell during last nights raiders-broncos game. emt, police, and sheriffs deputies were on scene. they were able to respond quickly. there are conflicting reports whether that fan fell or jumped. they say it's a very long drop from that third level down to the lower
there is new video from tokyo although the city is 267 southwest from the epicenter. you can see high-rise buildings swaying there. the quake rattled many nerves of course. one quake reported a three foot high tsunami but no large waves. the tsunami warning has been lifted. rail service was temporarily stopped for safety checks. >>> time now 6:02. a lot of questions right now after a man fell 30 feet during last nights raiders game. ktvu christien kafton is live outside the coliseum....
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what is the largest city in maryland? >> baltimore. >> baltimore. >> >> reporter: i'm going to give that to reed. you didn't think you were going to get any. i was getting you warmed up. 2nd down, there are three downtown areas along the ports, the inner harbor, fells point and little italy. which was featured in the movie sleepless in seattle? >> bells point it is. >> reporter: it's 1-1. 3rd down, santana moss played at the u with this ravens safety. >> ed reed. >> reporter: i thought you would have gotten that one. >> too slow. ly it but too slow. >> reporter: no -- i had it but too slow. >> reporter: no worries. 4th down. cal ripken became the iron man of baseball by breaking whose consecutive games played? >> chris chester for the offense. i'm a jack of all trades in sports. >> reporter: congratulations the offense is making up ground now only down two in the 4 down showdown. >> as we continue. >>> we'll tell you about a home invasion with a twist. find out why a would be burglar called 911 on the homeowner he was tar
what is the largest city in maryland? >> baltimore. >> baltimore. >> >> reporter: i'm going to give that to reed. you didn't think you were going to get any. i was getting you warmed up. 2nd down, there are three downtown areas along the ports, the inner harbor, fells point and little italy. which was featured in the movie sleepless in seattle? >> bells point it is. >> reporter: it's 1-1. 3rd down, santana moss played at the u with this ravens safety....
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and chicago, illinois, the city of chicago. both banned handguns. outright ban. you can't get a permit for a handgun in both cities. where is gunshot crime the highest in the country? take a wild guess. >> bob: where do thaw think they get the gun sales? >> eric: you are not going to eliminate guns. >> eric: you want $300 million people -- >> greg: you can't go back to that. >> bob: this is a free country. >> greg: okay. devon mclane works at auto zone shop and robber came in and wanted to open up the safe he came in and scared the robber off. he gets fired because you can't bring your own weapon in your own store, autozone. we have a clip from greta's show where the young man was being interviewed. >> zero tolerance policy of having weapons in the store. >> what did the manager say to you, because you obviously saved his life. >> he was very grateful that i was able to make it to my vehicle and grab my own weapon. you know, after the situation had gone down he said, "thank you, devin." >> greg: you carry a weapon at all times. should he have lost his job in >> d
and chicago, illinois, the city of chicago. both banned handguns. outright ban. you can't get a permit for a handgun in both cities. where is gunshot crime the highest in the country? take a wild guess. >> bob: where do thaw think they get the gun sales? >> eric: you are not going to eliminate guns. >> eric: you want $300 million people -- >> greg: you can't go back to that. >> bob: this is a free country. >> greg: okay. devon mclane works at auto zone shop...
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[applause] >> now that that the turnpike extends past the city to the airport, any thoughts about revising the song? >> you mean the turnpike no longer ends in boston, it goes all the way to summer set, no. what town is the airport in? >> that's got a ring to it but it doesn't rhyme. that's the thing is the internal rhyme. that song has four rhyming schemes going at once. it's got to be boston unless they take it to aust tin texas. [applause] >> i want to thank all of you for joining us this afternoon. i want to remind you of our next lunch on december 18, we have leon panetta, i'm sure if you have some advice on how to stolve fiscal cliff i'm sure heed like to hear that. >> while you are writing your next song i'd like to present you with your coffee mug. it might give you some inspiration. >> thank you so much. [applause] >> i want to thank the national press club staff including the journalism broadcast center for organizing today's event. and i was wondering if you had one last song you'd like to sing us out on. >> [applause] >> can she borrow your stool? >> this is my wife kim and her
[applause] >> now that that the turnpike extends past the city to the airport, any thoughts about revising the song? >> you mean the turnpike no longer ends in boston, it goes all the way to summer set, no. what town is the airport in? >> that's got a ring to it but it doesn't rhyme. that's the thing is the internal rhyme. that song has four rhyming schemes going at once. it's got to be boston unless they take it to aust tin texas. [applause] >> i want to thank all of...
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to happen tomorrow. >> today, new york city mayor bloomberg announced a plan top protect the city from future natural disasters but he said there were no magic bullets, you don't have to be a believer in climate change to understand the ding dangers from extreme weather are already here after sandy, after katrina, after record droughts in the midwest, why aren't we seeing more meaningful action from congress on climate change? well, i got four words for you: charles & david koch conservative brothers with combined net worth of $80,000,000,000, $80,000,000,000 have spent a fortunate to kill climate legislation. they have also funded climate change denial science, and they've waged an all-out attack on clean air laws of the. the top 25 senators who have received the most campaign cash from from, seven sitting here today on the environmental public works committees and big surprise. they are all republicans and they have all voted in favor of oil interests. john barasso, jim inhoff and lamar alexander have voted for fossil fuels 94% of the time. the koch brothers have given $60 million to
to happen tomorrow. >> today, new york city mayor bloomberg announced a plan top protect the city from future natural disasters but he said there were no magic bullets, you don't have to be a believer in climate change to understand the ding dangers from extreme weather are already here after sandy, after katrina, after record droughts in the midwest, why aren't we seeing more meaningful action from congress on climate change? well, i got four words for you: charles & david koch...
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in the top five. sampras's goes the sixth most at searched the city. rounding out the top 10 are san diego, dubai, new orleans and hong kong. and less binding livestock, brings san francisco as the best place for a couple with the will and, and no kids to live. new york city comes in second place and washington d.c. is third. sampras's go has the lowest percentage of children out a major cities in america. only 13.4% of the city's approximately 8000 residents are under 18 years old. >> a record 1 million people travel across international border as a tourist in 2012. according to world travel and tourism council one and seven people on the planet will bridges a day in the world traveled this year. the reason for the rise could be prosperity in developing countries like china to the idea of a more peaceful world year. the 1 billion stores across an international boundary on december 13th. >> bay area sports and the raiders taking on the broncos at the coliseum last night. peyton manning through his 30th touchdown pass of the season and went on to beat t
in the top five. sampras's goes the sixth most at searched the city. rounding out the top 10 are san diego, dubai, new orleans and hong kong. and less binding livestock, brings san francisco as the best place for a couple with the will and, and no kids to live. new york city comes in second place and washington d.c. is third. sampras's go has the lowest percentage of children out a major cities in america. only 13.4% of the city's approximately 8000 residents are under 18 years old. >> a...
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you know, in the last couple of days i wanted to look for specific city about the kind of tools that are present in the basket of western policy when it comes to human rights. so what do the webpage of the european access page because they have a useful summary page of everything that has to do with human rights when all the countries they have relationship is with, including iran. the one thing that jumped to my eye is a great to human rights on that page was the indication that the european guidelines and human rights in the diaspora to subjects from within right, death penalty to freedom of speech is also available in farsi alongside the other 22 languages. it kind of struck me how amazing it is. i'm sure millions of iranians are rushing to the website of the european union to read the guidelines and human rights, which clearly having a great impact on their lives. one of the problem. we are confronted with a huge dilemma. the dilemma is the following. we want to stop iran from having nuclear weapons and there is a widespread belief among policymakers that if you pursue a policy o
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history of the capital city this weekend on c- span 2 and american history tv on c-span 3. up next, the senate debate on the debt ceiling. a joint economic committee hearing on the fiscal cliff. and shaun donovan discusses. ? morning, the national journal on the u.s. economy and a poll on the middle class. live coverage begins at 8:30 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. in the senate today, harry reid and mitch mcconnell went back and forth on fiscal cliff issues. there is part of their exchange. >> yesterday afternoon, i came to the floor and offered president obama's proposal on the fiscal cliff to show that neither he nor democrats in congress are acting in good faith in these negotiations. with just a few weeks ago before a potentially entirely avoidable blow to the economy, the president proposed a plan the members of his own party will even vote for. he is not interested in a balanced agreement, not particularly interested in avoiding the fiscal cliff, and clearly not interested at all in cutting any spending. with the president is really in, as we learned just yesterday, is ge
history of the capital city this weekend on c- span 2 and american history tv on c-span 3. up next, the senate debate on the debt ceiling. a joint economic committee hearing on the fiscal cliff. and shaun donovan discusses. ? morning, the national journal on the u.s. economy and a poll on the middle class. live coverage begins at 8:30 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. in the senate today, harry reid and mitch mcconnell went back and forth on fiscal cliff issues. there is part of their exchange....
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the second narrative, that he's living in the city. living in a city with multiple points of egress and entries, access to communications so that he can keep in touch with the organizations. you can't run a global network of interconnective cells from a cave. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." "zero dark 30," the new film about the raid of osama bin laden has been a controversial project. director katherine bigelow was reportedly given access to classified information on the mission. >> this is her first movie since winning an oscar for "the hurt locker." katherine joins us from studio 57. welcome. >> thank you. >> tell me about this movie because you were intent on making another movie about the capture -- the failure to capture osama bin laden and then when this mission happened, you changed everything. >> we had to change, history intervened. while we were working on a project about the assault in tora bora on november 6th of 2001, it all took place in the tora bora mountain range. and mark was about two-thirds of the way throug
the second narrative, that he's living in the city. living in a city with multiple points of egress and entries, access to communications so that he can keep in touch with the organizations. you can't run a global network of interconnective cells from a cave. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." "zero dark 30," the new film about the raid of osama bin laden has been a controversial project. director katherine bigelow was reportedly given access to classified...
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it is one of the quad cities. it sits along the mississippi river. if congress allows the country to go over the fiscal cliff, the effects felt here could be dramatic. first and foremost, there's the rock island arsenal. if congress doesn't act, defense spending will be slashed by 55 billion next year, 450 billion over ten years, which many fear could put the arsenal in jeopardy. established in 1862, the arsenal is home to the army sustainment command, the first army, and the national cemetery. it's also the largest government run military manufacturing facility in the country. the arsenal is the area's largest employer, and though it is not clear how any cuts would impact the installation specifically, the mere prospect has people worried. >> there's approximately 8,000 jobs on arsenal island with various commands located there, and the average salary, not including benefits is about double on the island what it is off island. >> reporter: next, health care, another major employer in the quad cities. if congress doesn't act, medicare reimbursements
it is one of the quad cities. it sits along the mississippi river. if congress allows the country to go over the fiscal cliff, the effects felt here could be dramatic. first and foremost, there's the rock island arsenal. if congress doesn't act, defense spending will be slashed by 55 billion next year, 450 billion over ten years, which many fear could put the arsenal in jeopardy. established in 1862, the arsenal is home to the army sustainment command, the first army, and the national cemetery....
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he worked for the president and progressive causes and began in 2008 when he performed in five cities in north carolina and. his efforts generated thousands of volunteers and helped win the state for the democrats for the first time since 1976. the last year has been a busy for them on the campaign trail, over 50 radio and television interviews and 40 events, from concerts' and field offices to opening the final night of the democratic national convention. just yesterday, he helped brighten up washington, d.c. by performing at the lighting of the national christmas tree. his music was with us as we celebrated the season, our family and country. i would like to welcome james taylor. [applause] >> thank you, got sick, bill -- for theu , susan, cupcakes. i got a fire when myself. mighty tasty. you know, i titled this thing today election reform because i thought i needed to have a title. i probably know less about election reform then pretty much everybody in the room. i will talk a little bit about it toward the end. really, what i wanted to do it is described a pilgrim's progress throu
he worked for the president and progressive causes and began in 2008 when he performed in five cities in north carolina and. his efforts generated thousands of volunteers and helped win the state for the democrats for the first time since 1976. the last year has been a busy for them on the campaign trail, over 50 radio and television interviews and 40 events, from concerts' and field offices to opening the final night of the democratic national convention. just yesterday, he helped brighten up...